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His rank was Major, Quarter Master, chief of commissary

I would like to find out any info you have on William B Ward or W B Ward. This is the information on his headstone in Marion Co., MS: W B WARD
CO __
9 LA INF
CSA
1835 - 1920
We came across this grave today in deplorable condition and would just like to know more about this man. He is my great-great grandfather. I was unable to read the co.
Thank you,
J Blailock

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James Smith Valentine Greer was born 1826 Honea Path, SC. Enlisted July 7, 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana, he was 31yrs old. March 16, 1862 he appears Appears on a register of Chimborazo Hospital No 3, Richmond, VA for 'rheumatism',then June 29 1862 he was transferred to Lynchburg. July 30 1862 he appears on register for CSA General Hospital, Danville, Virginia. Complaint: Febris Thyroides. Returned to duty Aug 20 1862. He was injured at Rappahannock Station November 7 1863 and was put onto the Orange and Alexandria Railroad where he died the next day on Nov 8th. More than likely he died from bayonet wound from reports that I read of that skirmish. His wife was Catherine Fair Greer and he had 3 children. He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Gordansville, Va.

William H. Hodnett lost his right arm approximately 4/30/1863 at Fredericksburg during Chancellorsville Campaign.

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1836 – Feb 9, 1878. 9th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry "Bienville Blues". Promoted from Corporal. Enlisted. July 7, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on all Rolls to June, 1863, Elected 3rd Lieutenant, Sept. 23, 1862. Rolls July, 1863, to Oct., 1863, absent and missing after battle of Rappahannock, Va., Nov. 7, 1863. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Rappahannock, Va., Nov. 7, 1863. Forwarded to Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C., Nov. 11, 1863. Transferred to Johnson's Island, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1863. Released on Oath of Allegiance, June 13, 1865 Born Miss., occupation farmer, Res. Ringgold, age when enlisted 24, single.

Parents:
• Joshua Melvin – born about 1802 drowned on Nov 14, 1854 fording a swollen stream in the Parish of Bienville, La. on his way to Texas with his family, son of John Thomas Melvin, son of Daniel James Melvin
• Elizabeth Evans 1813 - 1854

Newspaper article printed in the Times-Picayune LA Jul 4, 1865 and the New Orleans Times Jul 4, 1865
A CARD
New Orleans La, July 3, 1865.
We, the undersigned, late officers of the Confederate army and recently released from prison, were passengers on the steamer Missouri, during her recent trip from Louisville to this city. The United States Government had furnished us with cabin transportation, exclusive of subsistence, while a large majority of us were entirely without means. On board too, were three or four wounded soldiers of the Southern army, who were only entitled to passage in the steerage. Captain Hurd, of the Missouri, voluntarily extended all the privileges of the cabin passage to us, strangers to him, upon our mere promise to pay: but he absolutely refused to accept remuneration, when offered, for the subsistence he furnished to our wounded countrymen. A failure on our part to recognize and testify to this unexpected generosity on the part of Captain Hurd, would be the grossest dereliction of duty on our part. We found in him not only an able and careful officer, but a generous friend, who did all in his power for our comfort and accommodations. We hereby tender him our hearty thanks, and command the Missouri to the patronage and support of our friends in the South. Long may she plow in safety the waves of our great river, under the command of her present able and generous master.
Captain Jas. R. Wilson, Miss. Captain Charles E. Kennon. La.
Captain J. F. Kent La. Lieutenant E. H. D’Armon. La.
Captain Walter A. Bass, Ala. Captain E. Sumter Taylor, La.
Captain R. R. Applewhite, Miss. Lieutenant Thos. A. Garner, Miss.
Captain J. B. Johnson, Miss. Captain L. B. Watts, Miss.
Captain E. J. Ellis, La. Captain Jas. A. Ruis, Ala.
Captain L. W. Banden, 21st Miss. Lieutenant Jno. S. Young, La.
Lieutenant G. J. S. Carelero, Ala. Captain C. R. Cornelius, Ala.
Lieutenant W. H. Dacksall, La. Lieutenant E. Ryan, La.
Lieutenant G. W. Melvin, La. Captain W. G. Williams, La.
Graham H. Simmall, Ky. Captain Lewis Stagg, La.
Captain Jas. Reid, La. Lieutenant P. D. Oliver, La.
Captain Jas. H. Prater, La. Lieutenant J. M. Johnson, Fla.
R. W. Bowen 1st Lieutenant C. S. N. Captain E. A. Rowen, Miss.
Lieutenant C. J. Dickenson, Miss. Lieutenant W. L. Haley, Miss.
Lieutenant J. V. McLand, Miss. Captain K. G. Holland, Ala.
Lieutenant W. A. Lockett, Ala. Captain St. Clair Johns, La.
Lieutenant N. NcNarmars, La. Lieutenant C. C. Snow, La.
Lieutenant Geo. Gasig, La. Lieutenant C. U. Hele, La.
Lieutenant A. D. Carpenter, Miss. Lieutenant C. C. Nash, La.
General Wm. N. White jy4 1t 2dp

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My great Grandfather was Prv James Smith. He enlisted March 3, 1862 Bellevue, La. his Occupation was a farmer. He his buried in the union church cemetery, Jefferson county Mississippi.

Born in Vt. 1836
Farmer-Single-26yrs
Enlisted-7 Jul 1861,Camp Moore,La. Absent, wounded (left thigh) and prisoner of war, Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., 2 Jul 1863, Cemetery Hill.
Forward to DeCamp Gen. Hospital, David's Island, NY Harbor, 1863.
Paroled for exchange. Exchanged City Point, Va., 16 Sep 1863.
Residence: Madison Parish, La.

Roderick was born 4 Dec 1842 in Leake Co. Miss. He enlisted in Capt. H.L.N. Williams Co which became Co F 9th La. Inf. Enlisted as Pvt. On 15 Aug 1861 he is promoted to Corporal and 1 Feb 1863 he is promoted to 1st Sgt. He has 24 items in his archival file. He suffers from sickness and is on sick furlough often. The last card in his file states that he has been at home on sick furlough in De Soto Parish since 1 Feb 1863. The regimental records find him in the first fight at Front Royal on 23 May 1862 and at 1st Winchester on 25 May 1862. After the war he moved to Sabinal, Uvalde CO. Texas where he applied for and received a Confederate Pension. He died 29 Apr 1914 and is buried in that town's cemetery.

Elisha was a 17 year old student. He enlisted 20 Apr 1861 at New Orleans. In Co F 9th Regt Louisiana Vol. Infantry. At some point he was transferred to 1st La. Inf. [ Nelligans's]. Enlisted as Pvt and promoted to 1st Corporal on 1 Jan 1864. He was wounded 3 times. 25 June 1862 at Cold Harbor, 1 July 1862 at Malvern Hill. & severely wounded on 5 May in the battle of the Wilderness. He was medically discharged. He died in Timpson Texas 28 Nov 1910 when he fell onto railroad tracks and was crushed. He is distantly related to me by marriage.

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This was my Great-Grandfather on my fathers side,he was captured and held as a POW, and received the civil war pesion after release from POW camp. he was known a general Bunk beason to his family, he is buried in Bellwood cemetery in west Natchitoches Parish.

Born 1829 - Jan 9, 1862. He was a farmer. Enlisted July 7, 1861 at Camp Moore. He died of disease at the Medical College Hospital in Richmond VA.

Parents:
• Michael Chambers Sr 1792 – 1844
• Jane Hawe’s daughter of Jane Reeve’s daughter of Daniel James Melvin

Buried: Soldiers Section B grave 105 Hollywood Cemetery Richmond VA. He has a standard military head stone

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i have recently gained some information from my grandfather on our family history, he had a newspaper clipping with George W Chadwick in it and it states that he was inlisted in this unit. He inlisted on July 7, 1861 and was given honorable discahrge on Feb. 11, 1962. The article states that he suffered from chronic diarhea during this winter in Virginia. I am trying to find more information on him, this is as far back as i can find at this point.

Collinsworth, John F. (also Collingsworth, J. F.), Pvt. Co.
H. 9th La. Infty. En. March 12th, 1862, Brush Valley, La.
Present on Roll to May, 1862. Roll to Oct. 31st, 1862,
Absent, sick at Hospl. Winchester. Present on all Rolls
Nov., 1862, to Feb., 1864. Roll for May 1st to Aug. 31st,
1864, Absent, wounded. Roll for Sept. and Oct., 1864,
Absent, detailed at Hospl. Born Miss., occupation farmer,
Res. Brush Valley, age when enlisted 18, single.

John Marshall Wooley is my great great grandfather. He is buried in the Clover Hill cemetary in Lott, TX. He is not noted as a Civil War veteran by the county on their map of cemetaries with Civil War veterans. Marlin is the county seat of Lott county, TX.

We searched the Marlin library for info, and he is listed as JM Wooley, Company H, 9th Louisiana Infantry. This is from the book 'Falls County Civil War Veterans' by Charles Rush.

He is also listed in the research seen at http://tcc230.tripod.com/9thlainf/index.html

my great grandfather

Jacob Bruhl later changed his name to John Brown for reasons unknown. Originally he was discharged from the 9th due to his youth. His obituary states that he later returned to his regiment and served the rest of the war. I am looking for confirmation.

Jacob died in 1912 and is buried in Lebanon, IL.

Harrell, Alvin C. (also Harrold, A. C.), Pvt. Sergt. Co. I, 9th La. Inf. En. July 7, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on Rolls to Feb., 1862. Roll for May and June, 1862, Absent, sent to the rear, sick. Rolls from June, 1862, to April, 1863, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured at Fredericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863. Paroled at Ft. Delaware, Del. Recd. at City Pt., Va., May 23, 1863, and exchanged. Rolls to June 30, 1863, Absent, sick. Rolls from Nov., 1863, to Feb., 1864, Absent, captured at Rappahannock, Nov. 7, 1863. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured at Rappahannock, Nov. 7, 1863. Sent to Pt. Lookout, Md., from Washington, Nov. 11, 1863. Released on Oath, Feb. 12, 1864. Record copied from Memorial Hall, New Orleans, La., by the War Dept., Washington, D. C., June, 1903, born Mississippi, occupation farmer, Res. Franklinton, age 25, married..' Died November 16, 1910. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, Ms.

On the rolls for prisoners of war. He was paroled at Appomattox on April 10, 1865

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Ancestor of my wife Sandra Mizell Fuhrmann.

Born in c. 1844, in Sun, Louisiana, Alexander T. Thomas, aka Alex T. Thomas, enlisted, at age 25, in 9th Infantry, Co I, with his young brother, Oliver Perry Thomas.
Son of Charles P. Thomas (LA, 1823) and Elizabeth Hines (MS); 1st son of 12 children.
He died at the CSA General Hospital #2, Christian’s Factory Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, from typhoid fever, on May 11th, 1862 (six days before his young brother). He was buried on May 13th, 1862, in Lynchburg Old City Cemetery, in the Confederate Section (Grave 3; line 3; lot 167).
Roster of burials: Thomas, A. T. - Co. J, 9th LA – inscription on marker WTT; I 9 LA.
Initials are most likely erroneous interpretation of handwriting on register; the “A” looks alike a “W”.
Old City Cemetery website: http://www.gravegarden.org/cwroster.htm

He is one of my wife's ancestor.
Microfilm Records @ National Archives, Washington D.C. - consulted in 2007.

Oliver Perry Thomas, aka O. Perry Thomas or Oliver P. Thomas, was born in 1846, in Sun, Louisiana. He enlisted in 9th LA Infantry, Co I, at age 17, with his brother, Alexander Thomas.
Son of Charles P. Thomas (LA, 1823) and Elizabeth Hines (MS); 2nd son of 12 children.
He died at Chimborazo Hospital #1, Richmond, VA, from pneumonia, on May 17th, 1862 (six days after his brother). He had been admitted at the foresaid hospital on April 21st, 1862.
He is most likely at Oakwood Military Cemetery, Richmond, VA (Sect B; Row A; # 83). Head stone is missing @ location due to poor maintenance and vandalism.
Roster of burial: A. P. Thomas, 9th LA, Co. I
Initials are most likely erroneous interpretation of handwriting on register; the “O” looks alike an “A”
Oakwood: http://www.mindspring.com/~redeagle/Oakwood/index.htm
Chimborazo: http://usa-civil-war.com/Civil_War/chimborazo.html

He is one of my wife's ancestor.
Microfilm Records @ National Archives, Washington D.C. - consulted in 2007.

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